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You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius read more
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),
Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou read more
Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou hast brought this land to!--
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not
despond.
[Lat., Si fortuna juvat, read more
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not
despond.
[Lat., Si fortuna juvat, caveto tolli;
Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.]
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she read more
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
If hindrances obstruct the way,
Thy magnanimity display.
And let thy strength be seen:
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If hindrances obstruct the way,
Thy magnanimity display.
And let thy strength be seen:
But O, if Fortune fill thy sail
With more than a propitious gale,
Take half thy canvas in.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the read more
God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference